I am against any treatment of any part of FT as if it is a "redheaded stepchild", which is why I think all OMNI posts should count just like the lounge and community forum posts. The most vibrant communities are going to involve people of different opinions and approaches, some who may linger at the periphery but have a need or interest from time to time to pick up or drop off something useful on main street or somewhere near or far from there -- as should be there entitlement as they are neither prisoners nor foreigners who have been classified as persona non-grata.

I thought I had interesting posts in the Hyatt forum as well, but perhaps not as memorable. [I don't think there's been a month that has gone by in nearly a decade where I haven't had at least a hundred posts on FT.]